how much for a working falcon

[welsh terrier 10]

how much would it cost for a working falcon , or would you be better off getting a young bird and bringing it on yourself?

[Foxy09 3]

what do you want it to be working?

[welsh terrier 10]

rabbits that all

[Foxy09 3]

Youd be alot better off with a hawk in that case not a falcon.

[CityHunter.uK 12]

Its more satisfying to get a young bird and train it yourself but there are plenty of good second hand trained birds out there especially harris hawks that will do exactly what you want nail rabbits day in day out. Unfortunatley alot of people start on harris hawks then move onto other hawks after only a couple of seasons sometime only one season.

[Foxy09 3]

I tend to find there are very few good second hand harris hawks out there, the fact that they are unwanted/second hand usually means there is something not right, usually the result of being bought by a novice who doesnt know how to train and manage the bird resulting in the bird being miss managed and ending up with any number of undesirable traits for example, noisy, aggressive, or just a plain nut case! Good hawks are like good dogs, very few people will want to get rid of them.

[welsh terrier 10]

thanks for the advice lads

[kirk224 10]

harris hawk male or female,red tail and all ways go for a young bird train it your self and you no you are doing things right

[CityHunter.uK 12]

Well Foxy I agree there are some damaged birds out there but he could take a few simple steps to ensure he isnt being led up the garden path

 

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Ask to see the bird in its mews

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Ask to see the brid flown

 

This way he will know if its a screamer and see how it flys in the field to a degree. Screamers are normally sold on fat weight so that it is quiet and as such can not normally be flown. When they fly the bird you can check its responsiveness to return and if you take a dummy bunny/lure you can get an idea how the bird behaves on a kill not exactly but good enough to know what your dealing with.

[brianL84 11]

get a young bird mate because the amount of folk who r out to rip you off is unbelievable.folk who make an arse of thare bird it ends up a nutcase the put its weight up and say oh its dun this that the next thing but its at fat weight just now u take the bird home and you are landed with someones fcuk up had it dun to me twice once by a woman called layla from wales brought me a big female said it had hunted got it flying took it for rabbits and it just sat thare not noing what to do .so just be carefull